One of the Zurich Classic champions won’t be in the field this week because of back problems. Chris Couch, the 2006 titlist, has been sidelined since August of last year because of the problem and has been rehabbing in his Winter Garden, Fla., home.

Couch’s victory in 2006 was his first and only victory on the PGA Tour. It came at English Turn only eight months after Hurricane Katrina hit. But Couch’s story that week was more than about golf.

He was involved in an incident Sunday night before the week of the tournament in the French Quarter, the events of which have never been fully explained. He was allegedly robbed after taking a ride with several women near Bourbon St. that night. He jumped out of the car when it stopped, got back to town and reported the incident to police.

But he was vague that week in details when addressing reporters.

Now Couch wants to set straight exactly what went down that night. He talked with the Golf Channel’s Jason Sobel about what happened and says PGA Tour officials wanted him to cover up the incident. Sobel did a story that appeared on the web site Thursday as Couch gives his side of the story.